A Chrome-killing browser will be OpenAI's next big shot at Google, according to a new report

Date:
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:19:09 +0000

Description:
Not content with challenging Googles core search business, it seems OpenAI wants to take down Chrome, too. Ouch.

FULL STORY ======================================================================OpenAI could be mulling the idea of making a browser, but its early days The browser would pack ChatGPT, but we have precious few details yet OpenAI has recruited some key staff involved in the making of Chrome

OpenAI appears to be gunning for another key aspect of Googles business, with apparent plans to build a web browser to rival Chrome.

Youll get no points for guessing that OpenAIs creation would, naturally enough, be a heavily AI-infused take on a browser client. According to a report from The Information , OpenAI is considering the development of a web browser that would be combined with ChatGPT.

Exactly what that browser might look like, we dont yet know, and judging from whats in the report, this is still in the early stages and very much a might happen or might not possibility at this point.

However, even though the report makes it clear that OpenAI isnt remotely
close to launching a browser yet, things are happening in the background
which amount to enough evidence that OpenAI is taking this potential product launch seriously.

For starters, The Information has learned that OpenAI has hired two staff members who were instrumental in making Chrome for Google, namely Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher.

The report also claims that alongside mulling its browser, OpenAI has been talking to multiple companies, or has even struck deals with some, to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites. Thats the word from people whove seen prototypes or designs related to this work, and were told OpenAI has spoken to a number of companies about these search products, including Conde Nast, Redfin, Eventbrite and Priceline.

On top of that, theres a further contention that OpenAI has been in discussions with Samsung about bringing its AI features to Galaxy smartphones
and muscling out Google there, which has a deal with Samsung to drive some
AI features with its Gemini AI (though Samsung has its own AI concoction in the form of Bixby , too). Analysis: Towering ambitions (Image credit: Shutterstock / Ascannio)

Is OpenAI going for Googles throat, then? Well, it very much looks that way given this latest info dump, and previous moves, such as OpenAI launching SearchGPT , a rival search engine product put into testing earlier this year (with the expectation that itll be fully realized in ChatGPT before the year is out).

The Information also underlines how OpenAI is pushing its Natural Language
Web to power conversational search features on websites (or apps) to
radically change the way a person interacts with a site talking to it,
rather than navigating the website.

Okay, so much of this is still under discussion, and in the form of plans rumbling along in the background that may, or may not, happen particularly the browser, which sounds really airy. Were not given any details at all as
to how this AI-led browser might work.

If a browser is coming, development would be a very long haul yet, of course its a huge undertaking to get a software client like this right. But even if this ends up just being theorizing and mulling, it clearly shows the intent, and extent of the well-financed ambition, thats buzzing behind the doors of OpenAI.

Certainly, Google is aware of the dangers here, and the report mentions that the company is preparing for the possibility of having to compete with OpenAI to power AI features for Samsung phones, according to a source with knowledge of whats going on behind the scenes right now.

Meanwhile, according to the rumor mill, Google is hard at work trying to make Gemini more closely mimic a humans ability to reason in ChatGPT fashion. You may also like... OpenAI edges closer to making its first AI chip in bid to power your favorite new apps OpenAIs next giant breakthrough tipped to land soon and control your computer ChatGPTs Advanced Voice Mode lands in your browser and its a big step towards rumored Operator agent



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/a-chrome-killing-b rowser-will-be-openais-next-big-shot-at-google-according-to-a-new-report


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